take the Fifth -Idioms

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take the Fifth

to hide behind the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution which guarantees any witness the right not to incriminate himself or herself while testifying at a trial

The man decided to take the Fifth rather than tell all of the facts at the trial.

take the initiative to (do something)

take the law into one's own hands

take the liberty of (doing something)

take the plunge

take the rap for (someone or something)

take the stand

take the starch out of (someone)

take the trouble to (do something)

take the wind out of someone's sails

take the words out of (someone's) mouth

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know (someone or something) by sight

tell time

look like a million dollars

go wrong

from dawn to dusk

take on (someone) or take (someone) on

have it made

swim against the current

give (someone) a head start

(no) bed of roses

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